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Re: What am I missing?

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Date	2020-12-04 11:51 -0800
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Subject	Re: What am I missing?
From	Al Greynolds <layzarc@aol.com>

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On Friday, December 4, 2020 at 12:12:08 PM UTC-7, Chris Elvidge wrote:

> Note that gnuplot uses both "real" and "integer" arithmetic, like 
> FORTRAN and C. Integers are entered as "1", "-10", etc; reals as "1.0", 
> "-10.0", "1e1", 3.5e-1, etc. The most important difference between the 
> two forms is in division: division of integers truncates: 5/2 = 2; 
> division of reals does not: 5.0/2.0 = 2.5. 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chris Elvidge 
> England

Duh! Thanks.  I'm used to working in another app where all numbers are stored as doubles.

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What am I missing? Al Greynolds <layzarc@aol.com> - 2020-12-04 08:10 -0800
  Re: What am I missing? Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> - 2020-12-04 19:12 +0000
    Re: What am I missing? Al Greynolds <layzarc@aol.com> - 2020-12-04 11:51 -0800

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